Public Square

Public Square 2.0 - "Season Finale: Legacy Meets Reinvention"

In this ninth Episode of Public Square 2.0, the re-launch of The Public Theater’s podcast, Public Square, host Garlia Cornelia Jones speaks to leaders in the industry about the future of theater and digital spaces. For our Season Finale, Garlia sits down with Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director of The Public Theater for an inside look on the responsibilities of an artistic director. She also speaks with Scarlett Kim, Associate Artistic Director and Director of Innovation and Strategy at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Sarah Ellis, Director of Digital Development at Royal Shakespeare Company about the role of digital media in legacy institutions. Executive Producer: Garlia Cornelia Jones, Director - Innovation and New Media Producer, Co-Script Writer and Video Editor: John Sloan III, Ghostlight Productions [https://www.ghostlightinc.com/about]Audio Producer: Justin K. Sloan, Ghostlight Productions [https://www.ghostlightinc.com/about]Assistant Producer: Emily White - New Media Associate Graphics by Tam Shell, Art Director - Brand Studio Music Credits: ""Baby I'm Stuck In a Cone " by Ge Filter Fish, Artlist.io "Latte" by Sunny Fruit, Artlist.io "This Is the Life" by Yuval Maayan, Artlist.io "Beatrix" by Notize, Artlist.iorr "Northern Glory" By The SoundKeeper, Artlist.io "Catch Me" By Russo, Arlist.io ______ Show Notes The project Scarlett mentions at the end, Hella Iambic [https://www.osfashland.org/productions/2023-digital/hella-iambic], is created by Glow Up Games. [https://glowup.games/]

Public Square 2.0 - Shakespeare Live: Hamlet in Conversation

In this eighth Episode of Public Square 2.0, the re-launch of The Public Theater’s podcast, Public Square, we share a recording of the May 1, 2023 Public Shakespeare Initiative’s Shakespeare Talks event, Let’s Talk About Hamlet. Recorded live in Joe’s Pub, this was a conversation with Saheem Ali, Ato Blankson-Wood, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Sam Waterston, moderated by Ayanna Thompson. Host Garlia Cornelia Jones, The Public’s new and first ever Director of Innovation and New Media, introduces the Episode and drops you into the evening. Executive Producer: Garlia Cornelia Jones, Director - Innovation and New Media Creative Producer: John Sloan III, Ghostlight Productions [https://www.ghostlightinc.com/about]Audio Producer: Justin K. Sloan, Ghostlight Productions [https://www.ghostlightinc.com/about]Assistant Producer: Emily White - New Media Associate Graphics by Tam Shell, Art Director - Brand Studio Music Credits: "Baby I'm Stuck In a Cone " by Ge Filter Fish, Artlist.io [http://artlist.io/] "Latte" by Sunny Fruit, Artlist.io [http://artlist.io/] "Catch Me" by Russo, Artlist.io [http://artlist.io/]

Public Square 2.0 - "FAT HAM: Food for my Soul"

In this seventh Episode of Public Square 2.0, the re-launch of The Public Theater’s podcast, Public Square, we take a look at James Ijames' Pulitzer Prize-winning play, FAT HAM. After its wildly successful onstage premiere at The Public Theater in 2022, Fat Ham transferred to Broadway with its entire cast from The Public, where it is currently running and has been nominated for five Tony Awards, including Best Play. Host Garlia Cornelia Jones speaks with Saheem Ali (Director), Marcel Spears (Juicy), Nikki Crawford (Tedra), and Benja K. Thomas (Rabby) about their individual paths and how they got to this Hamlet-inspired Broadway production. Executive Producer: Garlia Cornelia Jones, Director - Innovation and New Media Creative Producer: John Sloan III, Ghostlight Productions [https://www.ghostlightinc.com/about]Audio Producer: Justin K. Sloan, Ghostlight Productions [https://www.ghostlightinc.com/about]Assistant Producer: Emily White - New Media Associate Graphics by Tam Shell, Art Director - Brand Studio Music Credits: "Baby I'm Stuck In a Cone " by Ge Filter Fish, Artlist.io "Latte" by Sunny Fruit, Artlist.io "Belong to You" by Denitia,  Artlist.io "This Is the Life" by Yuval Maayan, Artlist.io "Beatrix" by Notize, Artlist.io

Public Square 2.0 - Bonus Episode 7 “SHADOW/LAND - The Clearing, Part 3: Healing

In 2021, The Public Theater released an audio-only version of Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s play, shadow/land. Alongside that audio play were several podcast episodes of a series called “The Clearing,” that added additional context to the audio production. Now in 2023, shadow/land has come to the in-person stage of The Public, and we are re-releasing the episodes of “The Clearing” as a part of Public Square 2.0, with host Garlia Cornelia Jones bringing some additional context. "The Clearing," references a space of healing in Toni Morrison's Beloved. In Beloved, the Clearing is a place in the woods where one of the characters, Baby Suggs, held her religious and spiritual gatherings. Baby Suggs called the black formerly enslaved community together to laugh, dance, cry and reclaim their bodies, bodies that had been used in the service of trans-Atlantic slavery. The ancillary episodes like shadow/land provide a space for healing and also call forth Congo Square, which is located at a clearing, apocalypse which is clearing, and the Yoruba deity Oya, who rules hurricanes and tornadoes and is known to clear the way. The Clearing, our ancillary episodes of post-show discussions, honors Toni Morrison and all the great black women writers and healers that have paved the way.  PART 3: HEALING In the wake of a disaster, how does one heal? This episode considers the essential place of art in recovering from a catastrophe.  This conversation includes: Soyica Colbert (host), Imani Perry (scholar), Cara Page (scholar), Jack Phillips Moore (Director of New Artists), Lauren A. Whitehead (dramaturgical consultant), and Erika Dickerson-Despenza (playwright). Public Square 2.0 credits: Executive Producer: Garlia Cornelia Jones, Director - Innovation and New Media IG: @garliacornelia [https://www.instagram.com/garliacornelia] Creative Producer: John Sloan III, Ghostlight Productions [https://www.ghostlightinc.com/about]Audio Producer: Justin K. Sloan, Ghostlight Productions [https://www.ghostlightinc.com/about] IG: @glprod_inc [https://www.instagram.com/glprod_inc] Assistant Producer: Emily White - New Media Associate Graphics by Tam Shell, Art Director - Brand Studio Music Credits: "Latte” By Sunny Fruit, Artlist.io "Beatrix" By Notize, Artist.io “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man." Written by Oscar II Hammerstein, Jerome Kern. Courtesy of Universal PolyGram Int. Publishing, Inc. “Come Sunday." Written by Duke Ellington. Courtesy of G. Schirmer, Inc. “Indian Red." Written by George Landry. Rhinelander Music Inc. and Gulf Coast Music LLC.

Public Square 2.0 - “Mobile Unit: Sound of the Community”

In this sixth Episode of Public Square 2.0, the re-launch of The Public Theater’s podcast, Public Square, we take a look at Mobile Unit’s bilingual production of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS. Host Garlia Cornelia Jones speaks with Praycious Wilson-Gay (Interim Director, Mobile Unit), Freedome Bradley-Ballentine (Associate Artistic Director/Director of Artistic Programs), Julián Mesri (Music & Lyrics, Adapter, Music Director, Spanish Translations for THE COMEDY OF ERRORS), and Rebecca Martínez (Director, Choreographer, Adapter, Lyrics for THE COMEDY OF ERRORS) to talk about the show and the Mobile Unit program.   Learn more about Mobile Unit here [https://publictheater.org/programs/mobile-unit/]!   Executive Producer: Garlia Cornelia Jones, Director - Innovation and New Media Creative Producer: John Sloan III, Ghostlight Productions [https://www.ghostlightinc.com/about] Audio Producer: Justin K. Sloan, Ghostlight Productions [https://www.ghostlightinc.com/about] Assistant Producer: Emily White - New Media Associate Graphics by Tam Shell, Art Director - Brand Studio   Music Credits:   “Latte” By Sunny Fruit, Artlist.io “Belong to You” By Denitia, Artist.io “Catch Me” By Russo, Artist.io This is the Life” By Yuval Maayan   Transcript by 3Play